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hullo folks, I'm wondering if any of you have access to MIs in Portesham, St Peter's church in the 17/1800s. 
The family name was HAYNE / HAIN or a variation on that theme.

Looks like it was just one extended family some of whom overflowed into Abbotsbury.  I can list names if anyone can help me.

thank you for your time and trouble

Fionnghal

hi folks, I'm back to working on this family again.  had to take a break suddenly because of my mum's deteriorating health.   thank you for all your kind assistance last time around :-)

Recently i managed to make a breakthrough with this family and am hoping now I'll make more progress.  A couple of wills later, i find the above EDWARD PIPER was buried in Hayes in Kent, rather than Lewisham, along with his brothers JOHN and WILLIAM. 

according to William's will in 1850, it seems they had a tomb of some description and were all conveyed there from where they were living when they died.  I don't know which cemetery unfortunately or indeed how many there are likely to be in Hayes.

EDWARD PIPER was buried in Hayes some time during 1831 early 1832 having died in Lewisham
JOHN d.3 January 1832 and was buried in Hayes having been conveyed there from Edinburgh in Scotland
WILLIAM died in Greenwich in 1850

We know John was carted all that way because William's will stipulates that he wishes to be buried with his 2 brothers.  Then i found this surprise in the York Herald:
"On Tuesday last, the remains of the late John Piper, Esq, many years the principal mail contractor, and formerly inspector of mails at this city passed through Northallerton, and proceeded via Boroughbridge, on its way for internment, at the place of his nativity in the county of Kent."  By the time he died, he was mail contractor in Edinburgh.

I can't speak for Edward's wife Elizabeth, but John left his wife to be buried on her own in Edinburgh!  As far as i've gleaned, William never married.

Kent appears to have had a great attraction to them.  I haven;t discovered why.  In spite of what the newspaper suggests re John being from Kent, he and his brothers were actually born in Hampshire.  However, it has occurred to me that perhaps their own dad was from Kent and maybe that is where the family originate.  Just a thought.

What I'm wondering is, has anyone got access to an index of burials or an MI record for Hayes, Kent, burials/ tombstones?   I've tried the Kent papers on a newspaper archives site but the Pipers don't show up in the BMD notices of those available unfortunately in fact, i couldn't find any papers anywhere posting the relevant notices except for John in the northern papers.

I'd be very grateful for any help you can offer.

thank you for your time and trouble

Fionnghal

hi listers,
i've had a response from Tower Hamlets BMDs

"Thank you for informing us.   We had to discontinue the verification service via the thbmd website as we were inundated with several enquiries but for obvious reasons we had to give applicants who had submitted a fee priority.
So far as I was aware the thbmd website was still operable but the verification request system was not available.  Thank you for highlighting the matter - we will look in to the problem further.
 
Kind Regards,  N Akthar
 
Tower Hamlets Registration & Nationality Services
Bromley Public Hall, Bow Road;  London E3 3AA
Tel: 020 7364 7880 General Enquiries ; Fax: 020 7364 7885
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk"


Not sure I'd have combined 'inundated' and 'several' in the one sentence but never mind, we get the idea.  Hopefully, this N Akthar will get back to me when the problem is resolved.
I'll keep you all posted.

Fionnghal

yes, i appreciate that, Andy.  Thank you for your help

Fionnghal

The Tower Hamlet Council website has the link to the same URL still so it doesn't look like it has changed, it could be local server issues that may be fixed after the weekend, if it doesn't then you could contact the Tower Hamlet Register Office as they hold the registers that were indexed and may have more information.

Thank you Andy.  I'll drop them a line see what is happening.  I'll keep the list posted

Fionnghal